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1. Lisa See.

Author

Johnson, Judy

Subjects
AUTHORS, HISTORICAL fiction, ART exhibitions
Abstract

A biography of Lisa See, a best-selling author of historical novels, is presented. See was born on February 18, 1955 in Paris, France. She graduated with a major in modern Greek studies from Loyola Marymount University in 1979. She collaborated on two fiction "Lotus Land" and "Shanghai Road" with her mother Carolyn and John Epsey. She also curated art exhibits with her cousin Leslee Leong. See married lawyer Richard Kendall in 1981 with whom he had two sons.

Published
2020

2. Lisa Kleypas.

Author

Johnson, Judy A.

Subjects
AUTHORS, ROMANCE fiction, BEAUTY pageant contestants
Abstract

A biography of romance novel author Lisa Kleypas is presented. Also known as Lisa Kleypas Ellis, she was born on November 5, 1964 in Temple, Texas. She competed in beauty pageants and placed fourth overall in America's Junior Miss Pageant that earned her a scholarship for college choosing Wellesley College where she studied political science. After graduation, she published her debut romance "Where Passion Leads." Kleypas married Gregory Ellis in 1998 and they have two children.

Published
2020

3. Kelly Barnhill.

Author

Johnson, Judy

Subjects
*AUTHORS
Abstract

A biography of author Kelly Barnhill is presented. Topics discussed include her birth on December 7, 1973; her husband designer Ted and three children; her books such as "The Girl Who Drank the Moon," "The Witch's Boy," and "The Mostly True Story of Jack;" and her childhood and education in St. Catherine University.

Published
2017

4. Sharon Creech.

Author

Johnson, Judy A.

Subjects
AUTHORS, CHILDREN'S books, POETRY (Literary form)
Abstract

A biography of children's book author Sharon Creech is presented. Creech was born on July 29, 1945 in South Euclid, Ohio and attended Hiram College where she earned a bachelor's degree. She also earned a master's in English from George Mason University in Virginia. Creech started writing in 1986 and won the Billie Murray Denny Poetry Award for her poem "Cleansing" in 1987. She married Lyle Rigg, a boarding school headmaster.

Published
2020

5. Natalie Babbitt.

Author

Johnson, Judy A.

Subjects
AUTHORS, ILLUSTRATORS, TEACHERS
Abstract

A biography of author and illustrator Natalie Babbitt is presented. Also known as Natalie Zane Moore, Babbitt was born on July 28, 1932 in Dayton, Ohio and died on October 31, 2016 in Hamden, Connecticut. She studied fine art and took a writing course at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Aside from writing and illustration, she taught classes for children at Kirkland College in Clinton, New York. Her most famous novel was "Tuck Everlasting."

Published
2020

6. Christine Feehan.

Author

Johnson, Judy A.

Subjects
AUTHORS, PARANORMAL romance stories
Abstract

A biography of author Christine Feehan is presented. Also known as Christine King, Feehan is a best-selling author specializing in the genre of paranormal romance and writes contemporary romance and action books. She was born to a large family in Ukiah, California. Married to Richard Feehan, they have a blended family of 11 children. She started her writing career in 1999 with "Dark Prince" which won several awards and honors. She is credited with making the vampire romance genre famous.

Published
2020

7. Evan Osnos.

Author

Johnson, Judy

Subjects
*AUTHORS, *JOURNALISTS, *BOOKS
Abstract

The article presents a biography of author Evan Osnos. Osnos was born on December 24, 1976, in London, England. He played hockey with the Greenwich Blues as a way to get to know people when they moved to Connecticut. He wrote "Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China," after spending eight years as a journalist living in Beijing, China.

Published
2015

8. Barbara Brown Taylor.

Author

Johnson, Judy

Subjects
*AUTHORS, *CLASSROOMS, *PRIESTS
Abstract

A biography of Barbara Brown Taylor, author is presented. It mentions that Taylor is an episcopal priest named by Baylor University. Brown believes her work in the classroom is a ministry. It mentions that she spent a year in pastoral clinical education as a hospital chaplain and worked as an assistant priest at the All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta.

Published
2015

9. Sarah Kramer.

Author

Johnson, Judy

Subjects
*VEGAN cooking, *BLOGS, *AUTHORS
Abstract

The article profiles cookbook author and blogger Sarah Kramer. It mentions that Kramer was born in Regina, Saskatchewan on June 27, 1968 and her parents was the founder of the first professional theater company in the place. It adds that Kramer was a vegetarian and adhered to the lifestyle of a vegan.

Published
2015

10. Jhumpa Lahiri.

Author

Johnson, Judy

Subjects
*AUTHORS, *ENGLISH language education, *PULITZER Prize for Fiction
Abstract

A biography of Indian-American author Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri is presented. Lahiri was born in London, England on July 11, 1967, after three years of immigration of her parents from India to Great Britain. She attended New York-based Barnard College to earn bachelor's degree in English and later she completed doctorate in Renaissaince studies from the Boston University. She received the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for her fiction "Interpreter of Maladies."

Published
2015

11. Alvarez, Julia: Vermont Writer from the Dominican Republic.

Author

Johnson, Judy A.

Subjects
AUTHORS, AMERICANIZATION, CAREER development
Abstract

The article presents information on writer Julia Alvarez. Her novel, "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents," won the Josephine Miles PEN Award in 1991. Sense of dislocation experienced by her in emigrating to the U.S. and leaving behind her extended family were major factors in Alvarez's development as a writer. Process of Americanization, gender issues, generational divide, politics, class and race issues, and religion and superstition were major themes of her writings.

Published
2010

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